R.a. Neeld

Retired Terry Executive

January 28, 1992

Robert Avery Neeld, retired vice president and corporate secretary for the former Terry Steam Turbine Co. in West Hartford, now the Terry Corp. of Connecticut, died Friday at his home in Stonington. He was 67.

He oversaw the construction of the Windsor plant and office building, and founding of a quality-control system and repair facilities.

In 1968, Mr. Neeld also was appointed vice president, secretary and director of Terry Southwest, in Houston, Texas. He retired in 1985.

Neeld graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Engineering and was a World War II Army Air Forces veteran, where he served as a pilot with the Flying Tigers.

Mr. Neeld was a member of the Mystic Congregational Church, the Mystic Seaport Museum, the Mystic Seaport Pilots, a member of the Baldwin Yacht Club, the Stonington Country Club and the Stonington Community Center